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Letters Patent No. 98,327, dated Deeembw` 28, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

lTo all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. E. ADAMSON, -of Philadel' phia, in the count-y of Philadelphia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Sign and Draw- Handle;77 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-.

Figure lisa front view of .the pull and sign attached to the drawer and ready for use.

Figure 2 is a back view of the pull or handle, detached from the drawer, and showing the manner in which the sign is secured to thepull.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, showing the groove in which the sign is placed, and the spring by which the sign is held in place. r

The nature of my invention consists in the adjustable spring in combination with the groove, draw-pull, and sign, attached to a drawer, as more fully hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the face of the drawer;

B, the pull or handle; and

C, the sign.

In constructing the pull or handle, Iuse cast-metal, and may cast the same of any ornamental style desired, but always casting it with av concaved projection in front, so as to leave room for the lingers to enter to'pull the dra\\'er"out with, and also with an open frame above the pull, and aslong as it,'with the opening about an inch or more. wide, through which the sign is to he seen, all in the usual way. On the back ot' the pull-it is Aila-t, so as to layjsmoothly against the face ofthe drawer.

A groove, D, is cast, say, half an inch wide, more 13th day of September, 1869.

or less, around the opening, into which the sign is let.

At one end of the frame the groove D extends entirely to the edge of the pull, and at thisl end is secured aspx-ing, E, (see figs. 2 and 3,) extending across the groove D, seras to keep the siguO from working out while pulling the drawer.

The dat under surface of the pull is shown in figs. 2 and 3. e

a a are vscrews for attaching the pull tothe drawer.

The sign is to be printed on suitable strips of pasteboard, or other stiti paper.

The strip on which the sign is printed is cut so as to it into the groove D, and set into vthe same,'(groove D,) and under the spring E, keeping it in proper position, as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

By turning the spring E outward, as show/11 by dotted lines lat e in lig. 2, the sign can'be shoved in the groove D of the frame, while the pull is screwed on the drawer, or can be removed in the same manner without loosening the screws a a.

l If at any time I wish to change the sign, I have simply to turn out the spring, and shove the sign out 4 ,v

that is under it, and insert a new one iu its place in the manneras before described.

Having -thus fully described my invention,

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Theadjustable end spring E, in groove or slot D, in combination with the pull B and sign or .label C, constructed substantially as described, and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above-described improvement, I have hereunto signed my name, this Witnesses: S. E. ADAMSON.

GEO. P. Swain, T. A: BACKER. 

